Hypertext Almanac

Loser with a Knife

Our German friend Falk Lüke [summarizes](http://www.falklueke.com/2008/11/04/thanksnothing-day) the eight years of George W. Bush administration in his blog:

> Being the winning loser of the first election in 2000 against Al Gore, Bush with his legendary hands-on-anti-intellectualism showed the world what happens, if you give someone a knife without telling him that it’s a dual use good. You can slice bread with it or you can slice people.